They normally receive the OPORD in the battalion or company CP where communications are good and key personnel are available. Leaders identify required actions on the objective, then plan backward to the departure from friendly lines and forward to the reentry of friendly lines. Leaders plan and prepare for patrols using the troop-leading procedure and the estimate of the situation. The leader should also designate an alternate pace man. The pace man should also report the puce at the end of each leg. The platoon or squad leader should designate how often the pace man is to report the pace to him. The pace man maintains an accurate pace at all times. The platoon or squad leader should also designate an alternate compass man. The compass man should preset his compass on the initial azimuth before moving out, especially if the move will be during limited visibility conditions. Instructions to the compass man must include an initial azimuth with subsequent azimuths provided as necessary. The compass man assists in navigation by ensuring the lead fire team leader remains on course at all times. The en route recorder records all information collected during the mission.į. The surveillance team keeps watch on the objective from the time that the leader’s reconnaissance ends until the unit deploys for actions on the objective.
EPW teams are responsible for controlling enemy prisoners IAW the five S’s and the leader’s guidance.ĭ. Aid and litter teams are responsible for treating and evacuating casualties.Ĭ. It may consist of any attachments that the platoon leader decides that he or the platoon sergeant must control directly.ī. The headquarters consists of the platoon leader, RATELO, platoon sergeant, FO, and FO RATELO. The following elements are common to all patrols.Ī. Elements and teams for platoons conducing patrols include the common and specific elements for each type of patrol. The leader must plan carefully to ensure that he has identified and assigned all required tasks in the most efficient way. Squads and fire teams may perform more than one task in an assigned Sequence others may perform only one task. The terms “element” and “team” refer to the squads, fire teams, or buddy teams that perform the tasks as described. The chain of command continues to lead its elements during a patrol.
Where possible, in assigning tasks, the leader should maintain squad and fire team integrity. He identifies those tasks the platoon must perform and decides which elements will perform them. As with other missions, the leader tasks elements of his platoon in accordance with his estimate of the situation. To accomplish the patrolling mission, a platoon or squad must perform specific tasks for example, secure itself, danger area crossings, or rally points reconnoiter the patrol objective breach, support, or assault. This section provides the planning considerations common to most patrols, the required tasks that guide the platoon and squad leader in organizing patrols, the initial planning and coordination requirements, and the coordination requirements for the departure and reentry of friendly lines. Of patrols, and establishment of and actions taken in a patrol base. The planning considerations used in preparation for patrols, conduct Patrols: reconnaissance, combat and tracking, This chapter describer Infantry platoons and squads conduct three types of
Missions to gather information or to conduct combat
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